“I’m in NY not for any big announcement, I’m in NY because my daughter is getting married and she’s getting her gown finalized today”, Perry said. Laurie will be paired with Val Chmerkovskiy and Lochte will be dancing with Cheryl Burke. They are rapper Vanilla Ice, “Brady Bunch” star Maureen McCormick, actress Marilu Henner, singer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, “Little Women: LA” star Terra Jolé, actor Jake T. Austin, former Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, racecar driver James Hinchcliffe and country singer Jana Kramer.
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Lochte dodged the question about whether he would return to Brazil to face a charge of filing a false police report, which was announced last week.
The 32-year-old, who says he wants to “move forward” following the controversy in Brazil, will again be scrutinised by the public – but this time on the quality of his Ballroom and Latin as he takes part in Dancing With the Stars.
Lochte told ABC’s “Good Morning America” his legal team is dealing with the situation, adding “we’re just trying to get this over with”. “It is my fault.’ I’m taking full responsibility for this and I will pay that back if he will let me”, Lochte said.
“Everyone has got to be sick and exhausted about hearing about this. This is completely new for me”, he said in a statement.
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Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte was revealed first, saying that he had agreed to do the reality show before his recent scandal in Rio. “You train for so long and you have that one shot to put it all out there, and I think that’s what I’m going to do”.
